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Issue: #20

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Series: Zip Comics

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Publisher: Archie

Title: Zip Comics
Issue: 20
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: November 1941
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Harry Shorten

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Zip Comics #20
Owner: walclark

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Zip Comics #20
Owner: walclark

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Zip Comics #20
Owner: SilverCouchSurfer

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Inside This Issue:

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Steel Sterling; Black Jack
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Black Jack [Jack Jones] (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain)


Story Title: The Secret Jungle Airdrome - comic story
Pages:14
Genre:superhero
Characters:Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Captain Schmidt (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:Steel uncovers a secret Nazi air base in the jungle of Brazil.


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Synopsis:House ad for The Hangman story in the October issue of Pep Comics (October 1941, no. 20).


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:11
Genre:superhero
Characters:Black Jack [Jack Jones] (introduction, origin); Whitey (introduction, death); Mr. Larson (introduction); Lucky Lavitto (villain, introduction); Baxter (villain, introduction); Lavitto's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:Lucky Lavitto has been going to a favorite fortune teller for years, always hearing that he is still boss of the town. However, on his most recent visit to the seer, he is told that he is to fear "the Black Jack", which will bring about his doom.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:teen
Characters:Wilbur Wilkin; Betty Fox (introduction); J. A. McGeery (introduction)
Synopsis:Wilbur is giving McGeery a dunking in the watering trough for calling him "Wilbur" instead of "Bill".


Story Title: Greenland Adventure - comic story
Pages:7
Characters:Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:A fleet of German transports is landing a division on Greenland, unknown to Captain Valor and his Marines on their side of the island.


Story Title: The Rodeo Murder Plot - comic story
Features:Nevada Jones
Pages:6
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Wilson (rancher); Mike Slade (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:Slade holds the mortgage on Wilson's ranch and is pretty anxious to take over at any cost.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:War Eagles
Pages:6
Genre:aviation; war
Characters:Tim Shane; Tom Shane; Swen; Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:A German U-boat has a secret hiding place in a castle by the Scottish coast.


Story Title: The Maharajah of Madowa - comic story
Features:Dicky in the Magic Forest
Pages:7
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Dicky; Maharjah of Madowa (villain, introduction); Lunar (villain, introduction)


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Synopsis:House ad for the Captain Flag story in Blue Ribbon Comics 18.


Story Title: War of the Circuses - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:superhero
Characters:Zambini (magician); Mr. Gallop (introduction); Swafford (villain, introduction); Socko (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction)


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